![]() As her flight-rate increased beyond her tenth launch in January 2022, though, spacing between missions increased from two to three months and more than a half-year has now passed since she most recently took to the skies.ī1058 first flew on, when she lifted Dragon Endeavour and NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit for the historic Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). During her first year of service, mission-to-mission turnaround times averaged about seven weeks, with a personal best of only 27 days attained between a pair of flights in March and April 2021. ![]() It remains to be seen, of course, if B1058 will remain active for 20 flights or beyond. 5 minute exposure of SpaceX launching the first 16 mission booster on Starlink 6-5 mission. Last December, she became the inaugural Falcon 9 to log a 15th launch, but since the fleet-leaders were certified for a maximum of 15 flights, both B1058 and fellow life-leader B1060-which flawlessly executed her own 15th launch in January-saw their “active” status paused for several months, as certification got underway to extend their lifetimes to as many as 20 flights. In so doing, the booster which first entered service more than three years ago to launch Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard Dragon Endeavour in May 2020 became the first to record as many as 16 missions. ![]()
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